PUBLIC CALL RELATED TO A MARKET SURVEY FOR THE EXECTUTIVE PRODUCTION OF 10 FICTION SHORT MOVIES IN THE FRAME OF PILOT ACTION “MEMORY” (WP3) OF CIAK PROJECT,

FINANCED UNDER INTERREG CBC PROGRAMME GREECE-ITALY 2014/2020 (CUP B99D17019490007)

  Introduction

Apulia Film Commission Foundation, established with Regional Law no. 6/2004, art. 7, has had a central role in realising Apulia Region policies related to audiovisual sector promotion and development; offering public services for the benefit of the whole regional territory; working to attract Italian and foreign audiovisual productions in Apulia in order to promote and give value to the artistic and environmental heritage, historical memory and traditions of Apulian communities, the technical and professional resources active on the regional territory; sustaining the production and distribution of audiovisual material realised in the Region, especially through Film Fund; promoting initiatives, events and festivals related to the audiovisual in Apulia; cultivating research, study, experimentation and training of competences in the audiovisual sector; promoting coordination activities among regional, national and international bodies to support collaborations in the audiovisual sector and that of new communication technologies.

In carrying out its tasks, Apulia Film Commission Foundation is Lead Beneficiary of the project CIAK (Common Initiatives to AcKnowledge and valorize tourism potential of the programme area through cinema) financed under the First Call for Ordinary Projects of Interreg CBC Programme Greece-Italy 2014/2020 (Priority Axis 2 “Integrated Environmental Management”- Specific Objective 2.1 “Valorisation of cultural heritage and natural resources as a territorial asset of the Programme Area”).

Acknowledging the potential role of the screen industry as a catalyst for tourism development is the milestone of CIAK project actions, whose objective is the promotion of the involved areas through cross-border initiatives linked to the audiovisual and cinema sector.

The cultural and natural heritage represents a primary motivation for more than 50% of travels to touristic destinations: in this respect, the valorisation of the heritage through hosting film crew or similar events, may foster the integration of territorial resources and improve the attractiveness of these areas with positive socio-economic impacts, starting from an increasing number of visitors and the creation of new sustainable services for tourists.

CIAK aims to have a long-lasting impact that could develop specific transnational policies supporting creative industries. Therefore, the project intends to pave the way so that tourism policies’ managers could work together for the first time, bridging the gap of knowledge relating to the economic benefits of a stronger synergy and implementing new models to promote the cultural and natural heritage through cinema.

CIAK partner consortium involves, in addition to Apulia Film Commission Foundation (Lead Beneficiary), the Region of Epirus, the Region of Ionian Islands, the Region of Western Greece and the Department of Visual Arts of Ionian University are partners of CIAK project. Associated partner is Puglia Region Department for Economy of Culture,

Tourism and Valorization of Territory.

Particularly, in the framework of WP3, CIAK project envisages a pilot action called “Memory”, with the purpose of producing 10 fiction short movies about the common history between Greece and Italy.

Accordingly, the aim of the pilot action is to enhance the visibility and image of the involved areas (Apulia and the Greek regions of Epirus, Western Greece and Ionian Islands), their identities and common history, their natural and cultural heritage through the audiovisual tool, by giving this task to young under-35 directors coming from the involved territories, in order to make them active protagonists of their own lands’ cultural development.

Art. 1– Market survey object

This market survey is carried out in accordance with article 36, paragraph 2, letter a) and article 63, paragraph 2, letter b), point 1, of Legislative Decree no. 50/2016 (Public Procurement Code).

The survey aims to identify at least ten distinct economic operators, who will realise a short movie each with duration of no less than 10 minutes and no more than 15 minutes - about the topic indicated in article 2 of the call.

The shooting will be made in the territory of Apulia Region and/or in the territory of one o more involved Greek regions (Epirus, Western Greece and Ionian Islands).

Furthermore, the economic operators will require a director born or resident in Apulia Region or in one of the Greek regions of Epirus, Western Greece and Ionian Islands. The director, on the expiry date of the call, must be under 35.

Apulia Film Commission Foundation, therefore, will award ten distinct executive production agreements, by reserving itself the total ownership of the work and all its exploitation rights.

It is understood that the economic operators identified on the basis of the criteria under art. 5, will be invited to negotiate with Apulia Film Commission in relation to all the specific aspects of the audiovisual work (subject, production, budget, etc.) and, only in case of successful negotiation, the Foundation will award an executive production agreement with each economic operator. Therefore, the economic operators identified on the basis of the present market survey, cannot claim any right, pretension and/or expectations if the negotiation phase does not end with the award of the contract.

Among the ten produced short movies, at least three will have a Greek or Italian director and, thus, there will not be more than seven short movies with Greek or Italian director.

The maximum amount for the executive production of each short movie is € 24,000.00 (twenty-four thousand/00 Euro), plus VAT as provided by law (if due).

Art. 2 – Features of the fiction short movie to be realised

Each economic operator, together with its young director, will have to develop a creative and original short movie proposal following the below topic:

“Fiction short movies with contemporary setting telling stories, characters and places able to link genuinely Italy and Greece. Stories able to look at the present but with great prospects, with the ambition to determine today the signals of what we will be tomorrow. Short movies addressed to a young audience willing a story that is sincere and aware of the reality, narrated by authors of the same generation. At a time when Italy and Greece are not just “close” because of the past and geographic reasons, but also thanks to deep and human features linked to original characters and

events.”

The audiovisual works must respect the following minimum requirements of technical quality:

a. Shooting in original language with English subtitles or vice versa; b. Minimum duration of 10 minutes and maximum duration of 15 minutes (excluding opening and

end credits); c. Minimum shooting format: 2K @ 25fps or 24fps: 2048x1152 pxs with reference to a.r. 2.39:1

(2048x858); d. Shooting format code:

i. Raw data; ii. 4:4:4 sampling scheme; iii. 4:2:2 sampling scheme;

e. Data storage: i. No.1 Hard drive containing the original footage; ii. No.1 Hard drive containing the project edition (scene editing-sounds) and project

finalisation (colour grading – mix – graphic material of credits- text files containing opening and end credits);

iii. No.1 Hard drive containing: - Master file V.O. 4:4:4 (minimum 2K); - Master file V.O. with English subtitles 4:4:4 (minimum 2K); - Mix audio file single channels (6 or 2 channels + stem separate dialogues, music and

effects); - Subtitles in srt format;

iv. Scene and backstage photos.

As concerns the budget for the executive production, the following rules must be respected:

• No less than 15% will be addressed to the young director; • No more than 20% will be addressed to the actors.

Furthermore, still on the subject of budget, it is recommended that general fees and production fees should not be higher than 15%.

The use of stock footage is not admitted. Under exceptional circumstances, this latter may be eventually authorised solely and exclusively after the negotiation phase.

As concerns communication and publicity requirements, each successful tenderer will insert the European Union Emblem together with the logos of Interreg CBC Greece-Italy 2014/2020 Programme and CIAK project’ s partners in the opening and/or end credits of the work and in all the eventual materials that may be produced.

Apulia Film Commission Foundation will check the fulfilment of these requirements.

Art. 3 – Requirements for the participation to the market survey

The application to participate to the present market survey must be presented by an audiovisual production economic operator who, on the date of submission of the application, satisfies the following requirements:

a. To be registered in the Commercial Register or in an equivalent register in a EU Member State or in an equivalent State;

b. To own the general requirements laid down in art. 80 of Leg. Decree no. 50/2016; c. To work mainly in the sector of “Activities of film production, video and television programs” (code

ATECO 2007 J 59.11, code NACE J 59.11 or non-European equivalent); d. To be not beneficiary of other contributions and/or funds for the same audiovisual work

participating to the present market survey.

Each economic operator can apply for the executive production of maximum one short movie. If the economic operator sends more than one application, all the applications submitted by the same economic operator will be rejected.

Each economic operator will indicate in the application the name and details of the director (born or resident in Apulia Region or in the Greek regions of Epirus, Western Greece and Ionian Islands, and under 35 on the expiry date of the call) of the short movie to be realised. Each young director can participate to the public call in conjunction with one economic operator. If a young director participates to the public call in conjunction with more than one economic operator, all his/her applications will be rejected.

Art. 4 – Rules for participations

The interested economic operators can send their application through the digital platform available at the link http://avarts.ionio.gr/memory-greece-italy/ at the latest by 22:59 (Italian time) and by 23:59 (Greek time) on 18th February 2019 (60 days after the publication date).

The applications sent after the aforementioned deadline or sent with different arrangements will be rejected.

Particularly, the economic operator will submit, through the platform, the following documents in English and in non-editable PDF format:

a. Application Form (Annex 1); b. Company profile (curriculum) of the economic operator; c. Curriculum vitae of the producer; d. Copy of a valid identity document of the legal representative of the economic operator; e. Original script (minimum 5 pages); f. Director’s notes (i.e. director’s report clarifying visual, aesthetic and artistic aspects of project

implementation as a supplement to what is already reported in the script); g. Productions notes (i.e. producer’s report examining the implementation aspects of the project

specifying the work approach and eventual solutions to face eventual difficulties inherent in the project);

h. Curriculum vitae of the director highlighting the educational background with reference to the cinema schools attended, filmography and eventual participation to festivals (a link to a showreel about what the director has eventually realised so far is encouraged);

i. Copy of a valid identity document of the director; j. Total budget of the project (respecting the rules laid down in art. 2), the total amount of the

budget shall not exceed € 24.000,00, VAT excluded; k. The economic proposal (Annex 2) should not include VAT but should include any other tax/fee and

cannot be higher than € 24.000,00.

The lack of submission of all the requested annexes determines the inadmissibility of the application.

Submitting their application, applicants fully recognise and accept the rules, indications and requirements laid down in the present call.

Art. 5 – Selection criteria and proposals’ evaluation

The award of the contract is arranged by the Project Manager after the evaluation of the proposals by a Committee evaluating on the basis of a ranking list with points (maximum 100 points) given according to the below-mentioned criteria. The evaluation Committee is appointed by the Project Manager and will be composed of individuals with proven experience, competence and authority.

The supply contract will be awarded to applicants who have presented the best project, determined with the criteria of the most economically advantageous offer on the basis of the below-listed criteria and respective coefficients:

• Quality of film project (max 80 points) • Economic offer (max 20 points).

The assessment criteria of the quality of the film project are the following:

Assessment criteria of the quality of the film project Maximum score

Originality and creativity of the script and consistency with the topic

50

Curriculum Vitae of the economic operator and the producer 10

Curriculum Vitae of the director 10 Adequacy and coherence with the proposed budget 10

TOTALE 80

In order to assign to each proposal a score for each parameter, the relationship between the qualitative assessment and the coefficients specified below will be taken into account; these latter should be multiplied by the corresponding maximum score established for each assessment criteria:

COEFFICENTS OF QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT

Excellent 1,0 Very good 0,9 Good 0,8 Discrete 0,7 Sufficient 0,6 Almost sufficient 0,5 Poor 0,4 Very poor 0,3 Insufficient 0,2 Inadequate 0,1 Not evaluable 0,0

As concerns the allocation of the 20 points foreseen for the economic offer, the formula of “inverse correlation” (interdependent) to the decrease (on the basis of the price) will be used.

The price, therefore, will be evaluated on the basis of the following formula:

Pmin

PE = Pemax X -------------

P

Where:

PE = given score

Pemax= maximum score (20)

P= price (value) offered by applicant

Pmin= lowest price among those offered in the call

The total score of each proposal will be given by the sum of the scores obtained for each parameter.

The proposals that have obtained an over-60 score will be inserted in the ranking list.

The first ten expressions of interest will be admitted to the subsequent phase, provided that the parameter according to which there will not be more than seven directors having the same nationality is respected and provided that the proposals admitted to the ranking list consent to respect this parameter.

In case of tie, the economic operator with the highest score for the originality and creativity of the script and consistency with the topic will be given priority. In case of further tie, the economic operator with the younger director will be given priority. In case of further equality, the award shall be made by drawing lots.

At the end of the negotiation procedure, Apulia Film Commission will award a contract of executive production to each economic operator, reserving itself the total ownership of the work and all its exploitation rights.

If the negotiation phase shall not end with the award of the contract for one or more economic operators, Apulia Film Commission Foundation may admit to the negotiation phase the applications following in the ranking list, always respecting the envisaged parameters.

It is reiterated that the economic operator in the ranking list cannot claim any right, pretension and/or expectations if the following negotiation phase does not end with the award of the contract.

Art. 6 – Time schedule of activities

The time schedule of activities relating to the supply is the following:

a. Within 45 days from the call expiry date, the ranking list with the identification of the selected economic operators admitted to the negotiation phase will be published;

b. By April 2019, finalisation of negotiation phase and start of preparation;

c. By May 2019, signature of the contract and works start (prior sending the updated version of: work plan, crew list, supplier list, cast list, estimate costs);

d. By September 2019, end of works and start of postproduction (prior sending the postproduction plan);

e. By 15 October 2019, projection of work copy;

f. By October 2019, requests for eventual changes from Apulia Film Commission Foundation;

g. By 10 November 2019, finalisation of postproduction with the required changes including colour correction and subtitling in English language or in original language;

h. By November 2019, finalisation of activities, through the delivery of the final product to Apulia Film Commission Foundation.

At the time of contract signature, Apulia Film Commission Foundation will intervene in every steps of the work’s implementation concerning the monitoring activities and supervision of the production and artistic processes through their production delegate.

The payment will be made by regular e-invoice (for Italian operators) as follows: 100% of the balance with the completion of the provided activities as a result of the certificate of regular execution. Each economic operator shall be given the opportunity to foresee an advance of 50% of the established amount after delivering the hard disk containing shooting and direct drive, after the approval from the production delegate and the Project Manager, and the presentation of the related invoice.

The payment will be made within 30 (thirty) days from the reception of the original invoice. Nothing will be due by Apulia Film Commission Foundation in case of payment delay of invoices for reasons not attributable to it.

Invoices shall include a clear indication of the CUP and IGC that will be assigned according to the legislation that establishes the traceability requirements of financial flows (art. 3, Law no. 136/2010, and subsequent amendments by Law no. 217/2010); the IBAN and SWIFT codes to carry out the transfer.

Apulia Film Commission Foundation is subject to split payment according to art.1 of L.D. 50 of 24/04/17 and, therefore, invoicing by economic operators is subject to split payment.

Invoices shall include the taxable amount (given directly by Apulia Film Commission Foundation to the economic

operator) and the amount of VAT, if due (that the Foundation will deposit into the treasury according to the existing legislation), and the indication “Split payment- art.1 LD 50/2017”.

Invoices shall be headed to:

Apulia Film Commission Foundation

Cineporti di Puglia/Bari, c/o Fiera del Levante, Lungomare Starita 1, 70132 Bari, Italy

Social Security Number 93332290720 - VAT 06631230726

Object: Executive production of [title of audiovisual work] in the frame of CIAK project financed under the first call for ordinary projects of INTERREG CBC Programme Greece-Italy 2014/2020- CUP B39D17015690007 – CIG (communicated in the document of contract signing).

Art. 7 – Information on processing of personal data

According to art. 13 of EU Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), personal data will be processed by Apulia Film Commission Foundation exclusively to undertake the present procedure and they will be filed in physical and electronic archives. These data may be communicated to public administration or legal entities directly involved. The indication of personal data is mandatory in order to participate to the present public call. As data subjects, participants have the possibility to exercise their rights (as provided by art. 15 GDPR), writing to privacy@apuliafilmcommission.it. The controller of data processing is Apulia Film Commission Foundation.

Art. 8 – Further information

In order to carry out the activities, Apulia Film Commission Foundation will accredit successful tenderers at their Premises, the Administrations, Bodies and stakeholders involved in realising the actions related to the activities. Furthermore, Apulia Film Commission undertakes to make available all data and information useful for carrying out the activities.

Successful tenderers will:

a. Guarantee the execution of the envisaged activities together with Apulia Film Commission competent offices and other stakeholders, according to scheduled time and exigencies;

b. Recognise to Apulia Film Commission the total ownership of the work and its exploitation rights; c. Not use, neither directly nor indirectly, for personal or third parties’ gain, the mandate given and

the information contained, also after the expiry date of the contract. d. Transfer to Apulia Film Commission Foundation all the results, methods and technologies used.

Furthermore, successful tenderers will fulfil all the requirements about traceability of financial flows according to art. 3 of Law of 13 August 2010, n. 136 and its subsequent amendments, undertaking to immediately communicate to Apulia Film Commission Foundation and to the competent authorities about their eventual counterparty default (as subcontractor) to fulfil the requirements about financial traceability. Thus, the successful tenderer has to insert the given unique project code (CUP B99D17019490007) and the call identification number (CIG) in all the future documents related to the performance of the contract, including payment invoices.

Successful tenderer undertake to respect and apply art. 25 of the Regional Law 25/2007 and art. 30 of Law 4/2010, in addition to the regulations of the Regional Law of 26 October 2006, no. 28 and the subsequent approved regulation no.31 of 2009, which provides for “the obligation to apply the national and territorial collective contracts of the sector” and “every certified infringement of this obligation implies a cut of the envisaged payments”.

After the award, Apulia Film Commission Foundation will invite the successful tenderers to produce the necessary documentation for the conclusion of the contract. However, the conclusion of the contract is subordinated to:

a. The verification that that there are no obstacles to the award of the contract, as provided by Law of 31 May 1965 n. 575 and any subsequent amendments or additions;

b. The verification of the declarations made during the tendering procedure and the obtaining of the necessary certificates, including the certificate of contribution regularity.

If, after the award of the contract, or during the performance of the services, the requirements described by the public call are not met, this results in an early termination of the relationship, excluding any claim for damages by Apulia Film Commission Foundation.

Apulia Film Commission Foundation reserves itself the right to verify the adequacy of the provided services at any time.

In case of non-compliance and/or inadequacy of provided services, Apulia Film Commission Foundation will give notice to the contractor, through email or equivalent means, to fulfil the necessary requirements provided by the contract by a 10-days mandatory deadline. If the contractor fails in doing this, Apulia Film Commission can rightfully proceed to the termination of the contract, without the contractor having anything to claim.

In case of termination of the contract, Apulia Film Commission Foundation can proceed to scroll the ranking list.

Any eventual controversy of any kind and nature born between Apulia Film Commission Foundation and the successful tenderers falls within the competence of the judicial authorities of Foro di Bari.

All the documents are available on the website www.apuliafilmcommission.it and at the premises of Apulia Film Commission Foundation: Cineporti di Puglia/Bari c/o Fiera del Levante, Lungomare Starita 1, 70132 Bari.

Where the matter is not regulated by the present call, it will be regulated by the relevant legal provisions.

Eventual clarifications about the procedure in question should be sent to the following address: cristina.piscitelli@apuliafilmcommission.it strictly no later than the 20 days before the expiry date of the call.

Answers to eventual questions will be published on the website www.apuliafilmcommission.it in the specific section related to the public call.

The Project Manager is Dr. Cristina Piscitelli, Responsible for EU Projects and Financing of Apulia Film Commission Foundation.

Bari, 20th December 2018

Prot. n. 3696/18/U

Cristina Piscitelli

Responsabile Progetti UE e Finanziamenti Fondazione Apulia Film Commission